Compete in SPACE GODS!

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Greetings, tacticians! A new competitive season is about to ignite, and every tactician across the galaxy is called to answer. During Lore & Legends, we witnessed many rising stars that reached Tactician’s Crown and proved that every tactician has a path to greatness through our constellation of tournaments.

The journey to beseech the stars begins! Get ready to power up your knowledge and strategy- here is the full guide to Space God’s competitive universe.

How to Participate

As we head into Space Gods, all tournaments will continue to be hosted on our official platform, https://competetft.com. Players across all regions should ensure their Compete Cards are set up and ready. With this, they will be able to register for events, access Tournament Realm credentials, and showcase their journey as TFT competitors.

For Set 17 tournaments registration, you will need to lock-in your Compete Card by April 27th! 

Competition Structure

The new competitive structure, along with all specific format details, will be updated on https://competetft.com on April 20.

With the new set, Teamfight Tactics continues to refine its competitive ecosystem with updates that streamline the global structure. Expect smoother qualification paths, clearer progression, and a more connected journey from regional play to the world stage, all written in the stars of the Space Gods.

The biggest change in Set 17 is the evolution of Tactician’s Trials, which will now absorb Tactician’s Cups. Trials will become two-week tournaments designed to open the door for both new and returning players to enter the TFT competitive ecosystem.

This update makes tournaments easier to follow and participate in, while also eliminating confusion around the “Cups” naming. Moving forward, the “Cups” term will be used exclusively for TFT Pro Circuit weekend competitions.

Take a closer look below at the key changes we are implementing this set:

  • Qualifier Points: Players can earn Qualifier Points from their performance in Tactician’s Trials 1 and 2, allowing them to qualify to the Regional Finals’ Play-Ins if they don’t quite manage to make Top 8 at one of the tournaments.
  • Ladder Snapshot: Each server’s Ranking Ladder qualifies the top players based on their performance during the set. The best performers advance directly to the Regional Finals.
  • Sub-regional Tournaments: Local events offering prizes and qualifying spots for the Tactician’s Trials. Regions can also expect Organized Play activations throughout Set 17, giving players opportunities to compete even if they are eliminated from Trials.

And for the four stages of competition:

  • Tactician’s Trials: The first official tournament of the cycle in each region. 256 players begin their competitive journey after earning spots from Trials Snapshots (AMER/EMEA/APAC) and Sub-regional Tournaments (AMER/APAC).
  • TFT Pro Circuit: The 32 top players from the previous set compete in a closed, elite tournament. Three weekends of competition determine direct qualifiers for the Tactician’s Crown, while others may advance to Regional Finals Week 1 or 2 based on results.
  • Regional Finals: 64 top tacticians from previous stages compete during two weekends to determine the best players in each region, their representatives at the Tactician’s Crown, and define slots for the Set 18 TFT Pro Circuit.
  • Tactician’s Crown: The global finals, where the 40 best tacticians from the Regional Finals and TFT Pro Circuit compete for the world championship—the highest stage and ultimate achievement in competitive TFT.

The Prizes

Beyond recognition of being the top tacticians in their region, players are also competing for significant cash prizes:

  • Tactician’s Trials: $12,500 USD per event
  • Regional Finals: $50,000 USD per event
  • TFT Pro Circuit: $30,200 USD per event
  • Tactician’s Crown: $470,000 USD 

In total, prizes exceed $150,000 per region, with an additional $470,000 at the Tactician’s Crown.

The Dates

Make sure to review the Competitive Roadmap closely! Important event dates are coming up, and you won’t want to miss a single one!

  • April 20 (EMEA & AMER) / 21 (APAC) - April 27. Don’t forget to sign up for Tactician’s Trials 1!
  • April 28. The Trials Snapshot 1 will be shot.
  • May 2-3 & 8-10. Tactician’s Trials 1 will take place.
  • May 8-10. The first TPC event, the Stargazer Cup begins. Expect more details around the TFT Pro Circuit in the upcoming weeks!

HOW TO WATCH & FOLLOW

Drop a follow on the CompeteTFT X Account to stay updated with the latest news from TFT Esports. We will be announcing co-streamers and broadcast channels for all our tournaments there!

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And now we go with the full details around qualifying spot allocations for our tournaments:

FORMAT DETAILS BY TOURNAMENT

1. Ladder Snapshot 

If climbing the ladder is your specialty, this is your moment to earn a spot in our competitions! During Space Gods, five Ladder Snapshots will be captured on select Tuesdays at 9PM PT for AMER / 9PM CET for EMEA / 9pm SGT for APAC. These snapshots grant Ranked Ladder Points to the top 30 players in each region, points that play a key role in qualifying for the Regional Finals.

For this set, the snapshots will be taken on the following dates:

  • April: 28th
  • May: 5th, 19th, 26th
  • June: 2nd

2. Tactician’s Trials 

Now held twice per set as two-week events spanning five days of completion, Tactician’s Trials serve as the primary entry and return point for all tacticians, who earn their places through the Trials Snapshots for EMEA  and the Trials Snapshot + Sub-regionals for AMER and APAC. Players will be battling for their share of prize money and spots in the Regional Finals.

If you’re wondering what a Trials Snapshot is, it’s a way to capture the current order of the Ranked Leaderboard at the moment the snapshot is taken. This will be the order and rank that players will have for the next tournament. They are usually shot the Tuesday before each Tactician’s Trials and they are different from the Ladder Snapshots. These snapshots qualify players to either Day 1 or Day 3 of Tactician’s Trials, depending where on the leaderboard they are.

  • Previous Trials: The Top 9-16 tacticians of the Tactician’s Trials 1 will get a spot on Day 3 of the Tactician’s Trials 2.
  • Trials Snapshot 1:
    • AMER: 
      • Day 1: 62 from BR, 26 from LAN, 31 from LAS & 125 from NA
      • Day 3: 15 from BR, 5 from LAN, 6 from LAS & 26 from NA
    • EMEA: 
      • Day 1: 202 from EUW, 40 from EUNE, 14 from TR
      • Day 3: 46 from EUW, 11 from EUNE & 7 from TR
    • APAC: 
      • Day 1: 34 from TW, 17 from OCE, 19 from JP, 42 from SEA, 112 from KR*
      • Day 3: 11 from VN, 10 from KR, 6 from TW, 4 from OC, 4 from JP &  5 from SEA
  • Trials Snapshot 2: 
    • AMER: 
      • Day 1: 62 from BR, 26 from LAN, 31 from LAS & 125 from NA
      • Day 3: 13 from BR, 4 from LAN, 5 from LAS, 22 from NA
    • EMEA: 
      • Day 1: 202 from EUW, 40 from EUNE, 14 from TR
      • Day 3: 41 from EUW, 9 from EUNE & 6 from TR
    • APAC: 
      • Day 1: 34 from TW, 17 from OCE, 19 from JP, 42 from SEA, 112 from KR*
      • Day 3: 9 from VN, 8 from KR, 4 from TW, 2 from OC,  2 from JP &  4 from SEA
  • Sub-regionals:
    • AMER: 
      • Day 1: 4 from BR, 4 from LATAM & 4 from NA
      • Day 3: 4 from BR, 4 from LATAM & 4 from NA
    • APAC:
      • Tactician’s Trials 1: 30 from VN,  2 from KR
      • Tactician’s Trials 2: 30 from VN, 2 from KR, 1 from TW, 1 from TH & 1 from SEA

There will be two Tactician’s Trials in Space Gods, happening on these dates:

  • Tactician’s Trials 1:  May 2 - 3 & May 8 - 10
  • Tactician’s Trials 2: May 23 - 24 & June 5 - 7

Day 1 kicks off with 256 players battling through 4 games. Lobbies will be reseeded every two games based on players’ points. The Top 32 will qualify for Day 2 immediately while the bottom 32 will be eliminated. Afterwards, the remaining 192 players will play two more games. Then, the Top 96 of those players will join the 32 from before to make it into the second day.

Day 2 follows the same structure: 4 games with reseeding. By the end of the fourth game, the Top 16 will qualify for Day 3 and the bottom 24 will be eliminated. The other 88 tacticians will advance and play two more rounds. All in all, 64 players will qualify to Day 3.

On Day 3, 128 tacticians compete across 4 games. Then, the Top 16 will qualify for Day 4 and the Bottom 24 are eliminated. Then, the remaining 88 will advance and play two more rounds. Once the dust settles, the 64 players will advance to Day 2 in total.

On Day 4, we’ll follow a similar structure. After four games, the Top 8 will qualify for Day 5 and the bottom 8 will be eliminated. Afterwards, the remaining  48 tacticians will play two more games. By the end of the day, only the Top 32 will remain.

On Day 5, this will get serious. The day will split into four stages:

  • Top 32 play 4 games, with reseeds after every 2.
  • Next, Top 24 then play 1 more game.
  • Then, Top 16 will play 1 more game.
  • Finally, the Top 8 face off in a last game with, again, no reset. The tactician with the highest total points after all three stages wins the tournament.

* For APAC, please refer to CompeteTFT.com on April 20th for competition details for days 1 & 2 of Tactician’s Trials.

Qualifier Points

In this set, players will earn Qualifier Points for their performances on Days 4 and 5 of Tactician’s Trials. The 4  players with the most Qualifier Points after Tactician’s Trials 2 will qualify for the Regional Finals Play-Ins.

3. TFT Pro Circuit

The TFT Pro Circuit is the Tier 1 competitive ecosystem where the Top 32 players from each region fight for Pro Points, a juicy prize pool and spots in the Regional Finals. These will be the dates of the 3 TPC Cups in Space Gods:

  • Stargazer Cup: May 8 - 10
  • Dark Star Cup: May 22 - 24*
  • Anima Cup: June 5 - 7

*The Dark Star Cup will be played between paired regions, creating a unique cross-region showdown throughout the event. The tournaments will be fully drafted with the winner of each region’s Stargazer Cup making the first pick for their Home Cup and then initial lobbies will be seeded with 4 AMER / 4 EMEA and 4 APAC / 4 CN, ensuring that each lobby is evenly split for maximum interregional competition.

On Day 1, 32 tacticians will play 6 games, with Snake Reseeding every two. After them, the Top 24 will advance to Day 2.

Day 2 will split into three stages:

  • First, 24 tacticians will play 2 games.
  • Then, the Top 16 will advance and play two more games.
  • After those games, the Top 4 will advance to Day 3 and the middle 8 will play two last games. The Top 4 after them, will also qualify for Day 3.

On Day 3, the 8 remaining tacticians will play with a checkmate format, where the first player who achieves 20 points and wins one more game will be crowned the winner of the tournament and qualify directly for the Tactician’s Crown.

Pro Points:

We’re continuing our Pro Points system into Set 17, and here’s a quick refresher:

  • Pro Points are designed to reward the most consistent performers across each region throughout the TPC. At the end of the set, the top 1 Pro Points earner from APAC, EMEA, and AMER will each qualify directly to the Tactician’s Crown.
  • Additionally, the Top 4 Pro Point earners will receive additional prize money at the end of the set.
  •  Lastly, to maintain competitive integrity within the Checkmate format, all players competing on Day 3 of the third TFT Pro Circuit Cup will earn 4 Pro Points, rather than receiving different values based on final placement.

All details about schedule, participants and more information will be announced in upcoming articles.

4. Regional Finals

The Regional Finals span six intense days, bringing together the region’s 60 best tacticians to battle for the championship title.

  • Week 1

Day 1 begins with the Play-ins Phase, where 16 tacticians compete for the final 8 slots in the tournament. The participants are:

  •  Bottom 4 Pro Points
  •  Ranked Ladder Points earners.
    • AMER: Top 3-7 NA, Top 2-3 BR & Top 1 LAN
    • EMEA: Top 5-10 EUW, Top 1 EUNE & Top 1 TR
    • APAC: 2nd from VN, KR, TW & SEA, Top 2 OCE & JP
  • Top 4 Qualifier Points

These 16 tacticians will compete in 5 games. After which:

  • Top 4 will qualify for Day 2.
    Bottom 4 will be eliminated.
  • Middle 8 will play 2 more games. The Top 4 of those two final games will also qualify for Day 2.

Then, the Battle Stage will start. On Day 2, these 32 tacticians will join the ones coming from the Play-ins Phase:

  • Top 17-28 Pro Points
  • Ranked Ladder Points earners.
    • AMER: Top 2 NA, Top 1 LAS & Top 1 BR
    • EMEA: Top 4 EUW
    • APAC: Top 1 from VN, KR, TW & SEA
  • Top 8 of each Tactician’s Trials

They will play 6 games. After that, the Top 32 will advance to the next day with points carrying over to the Elimination Stage.

Next, on the Elimination Stage, on Day 3, 16 players reach Week 2 after fighting through these four phases:

  • Tacticians will play 2 games, where the Top 4 will advance to Week 2 and the Bottom 4 gets eliminated.
  • Then, they will play 2 more games after which the Top 4 will make it into Week 2 and the Bottom 4 will get eliminated.
  • After that, the remaining 16 tacticians will play 1 game. Then, the Top 4 will advance again and the Bottom 4 will be out. 
  • Finally, one last game will decide the final 4 tacticians who qualify for the second week of the Regional Finals.
     

  • Week 2

We’ll start the second week with the Battle Stage. On Day 4, the 16 players who qualified from the first week will be joined by the Top 16 from the TFT Pro Circuit.

Then, the initial lobbies will be determined by a draft, with the Top 4 Pro Point earners making all of the selections. After 6 games, the Top 24 tacticians will advance to Day 5 with their points carrying over.

Next, coming back to the Elimination Stage, on Day 5 we’ll have three phases too:

  • First, 24 tacticians will play 2 games.
  • Then, the Top 16 will play two more
  • Next, the Top 4 will qualify for Day 6, the bottom 4 will be eliminated and the middle 8 will play 2 more games. The Top 4 players of these last two games will participate on Day 6.

Finally, on the Grand Finals, on Day 6, if all the players have already qualified for the Tactician's Crown, the 8 remaining tacticians will play with a checkmate format, where the first player who achieves 20 points and wins will be crowned the champion of the region. If not, the 8 tacticians will play 6 games and the one with the most points after that will win. Each region will also have Tactician’s Crown slots up for grabs for the best performers, keep an eye out for more information on those!

5. Tactician’s Crown

Only one tactician will rise above the rest to claim the $150K grand prize, the Tactician’s Crown, and the title of Space Gods Champion. We will have three days of legendary combats and the grand reveal of what’s next for TFT.

Day 1 begins with the 40 best players from all over the world

  • Round 1
    • 40 players will be drawn into their 5 starting lobbies and play 6 games total
    • The lobbies will shuffle after every 2 games; lobbies will be shuffled based on the total points earned throughout the day
    • After Game 6, the top 32 players will advance to Day 2, and the bottom 8 players will be eliminated

Day 2 continues with a high stakes day where players will be eliminated more frequently

  • Round 2
    • Players retain their points from Day 1
    • 32 players will be split into 4 lobbies and play 2 games
    • After Game 2, the top 24 players will advance and the bottom 8 players will be eliminated
  • Round 3
    • 24 players will be split into 3 lobbies and play 2 games
    • After Game 4, the top 16 players will advance and the bottom 8 players will be eliminated
  • Round 4
    • 16 players will be split into 2 lobbies and play 2 games
    • After Round 4, the top 4 players in Total Points across Day 1 & 2 will advance to the Finals and the bottom 4 Players will be eliminated
    • The 5th-12th place players in Total Points across Day 1&2 will advance to Round 5
  • Round 5
    • 8 players will play 1 game
    • The top 4 players in Total Points across Day 1&2 will advance to the Grand Final

On Day 3, we will have the Finals with the 8 best players of the tournament

  • Checkmate Format
    • The first player to hit 20 points AND then secure a first-place finish will be crowned the Space Gods Champion!

All details about schedule, participants and more information will be announced as we get closer to the event.